I'm also interested in this. Did FZ read some of Hawking's books? I've never read him mentioning him in any interviews. I also remember reading FZ saying that he never read books other than when he was quite young.

I'm also interested in this. Did FZ read some of Hawking's books? I've never read him mentioning him in any interviews. I also remember reading FZ saying that he never read books other than when he was quite young.

Last week I saw an interview with Stephen Hawking. It was conducted by Charlie Rose, who does a show for PBS. They spoke briefly about music, and Hawking mentioned an interest in Wagner (he also bemoaned the fact that his speech synthesizer can't pronounce "Wagner" correctly).

Oh, he never listens to anything I have to say anymore. He thinks he's the id you ever see that Family Guy episode where Hawking finds a woman just like himself and they are sitting in their underwear going back and forth in that robot voice "Ooh, baby" center of the universe.

I'd like to see any one of you guys last 1 hour as SH.
Think about it, he can get 4 words a minute out using the last muscle he has access too in his face and he writes immense works on the most complicated subject known to man.

I'd like to see any one of you guys last 1 hour as SH. Think about it, he can get 4 words a minute out using the last muscle he has access too in his face and he writes immense works on the most complicated subject known to man.

That deserve respect, deep respect!

So great intelligence means no sense of humour? In that case, I'll stay just plain slightly-above-average.

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Oh, he never listens to anything I have to say anymore. He thinks he's the id you ever see that Family Guy episode where Hawking finds a woman just like himself and they are sitting in their underwear going back and forth in that robot voice "Ooh, baby" center of the universe.

I'd like to see any one of you guys last 1 hour as SH. Think about it, he can get 4 words a minute out using the last muscle he has access too in his face and he writes immense works on the most complicated subject known to man.

That deserve respect, deep respect!

So great intelligence means no sense of humour? In that case, I'll stay just plain slightly-above-average.

I'd like to see any one of you guys last 1 hour as SH. Think about it, he can get 4 words a minute out using the last muscle he has access too in his face and he writes immense works on the most complicated subject known to man.

That deserve respect, deep respect!

So great intelligence means no sense of humour? In that case, I'll stay just plain slightly-above-average.

This has nothing to do with humour because it's not even funny.

I made that reply from work, so I wasn't able to actually watch the video clip before posting it. However, now that I am at home, I just saw it for the first time.
My apologies Ringo, but I laughed out loud when it got to the bedroom part. So I stand by what I originally posted. I have a suspicion, though, that it would be a waste of time for the two of us to watch "South Park" together, too.

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haha! Yeah, I did, too. I tried to get one when they came out. They were hard to find and only produced for a short while. Now you have to look for them on Ebay. The prices are going to be high, but I'm sure they are still out there.

_________________“The person who stands up and says, 'This is stupid,' either is asked to behave or, worse, is greeted with a cheerful 'Yes, we know! Isn't it terrific!" -Frank Zappa

The voice of Crab Grass Baby on Thingfish sounds a lot like the voice out of Stephen Hawking's speech synthesizer. I've always wondered if it was him and if 'yes' then this is perhaps one of the reasons why FZ thanked him in the TRFZB? (there is no credit on Thingfish for who the voice of Crab Grass Baby belongs to).

I do know that Pink Floyd used samples from Dr. Hawking in 'Keep Talking' so this woudn't be a first for him. On the other hand, I also thought that Dr. Hawking had contributed his speech samples to Radiohead's 'Fitter Happier' but this was not the case.

> date: fri, 12 sep 2008 03:10:01 +0000 > from: slime.o @ i.l.blank.com> to:s.w.hawking @ damtp.cam.ac.u k> subject: frank zappa questions > > > hi steve, > > the real frank zappa book, one of the only books written by zappa, is dedicated to you [and 2 > others]…did you ever meet or talk with frank zappa ¿ if so, can you remember approximately > when, and any details of what you talked about > > are you familiar with his music ¿ he almost 100 albums in his catalog; one of the more > recent is called trance-fusion, an instrumental album of guitar solos completed by zappa > before he died... some of the titles have reference to physics: finding higgs boson, a > cold dark matter, light is all that matters > > regards > > [slime.o]

as you can imagine, prof. hawking receives many such every day. he very much regrets that due to the severe limitations he works under, and the enormous number of requests he receives, he is unable to compose a reply to every message, and we do not have the resources to deal with many of the specific scientific enquiries and theories we receive

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